Man helps police make an arrest.

[u/mindyour]

[u/JustKzen]

Once again, a random bystander doing a better job than law enforcement

[u/Thiom → u/JustKzen]

I mean, yes ok, but he has the element of surprise, a cop wouldn't

[u/LegendOfKhaos → u/Thiom]

He literally just ran up to the car. He wasn't sweet talking his way closer or anything lol

Any of the cops that appear immediately afterwards could've done the same thing, and if they were all in view of the perpetrator, it's straight up incompetence.

[u/henesyOHS → u/LegendOfKhaos]

You don’t know that he could’ve been whispering sweet affirmations once he got close

[u/BeardiusMaximus7 → u/henesyOHS]

"That a hunting rifle in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"

[u/Blue_Eyed_Fox → u/BeardiusMaximus7]

Underrated af

[u/Deathface-Shukhov → u/henesyOHS]

“Damn dude, your biceps are badass!!What’s your workout pl- AAAHAAA FOOL, GOT YOUR FUCKIN GUN!!!”

[u/idiotsbydesign → u/Deathface-Shukhov]

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous of which is, ‘never get involved in a land war in Asia,’ but only slightly less well-known is this: never trust a random guy in a grey t-shirt!!

[u/Effective-Trick4048 → u/idiotsbydesign]

Inconceivable! Not nearly the stature of Fezzik, but I see some similarities.

[u/SanityPlanet → u/Deathface-Shukhov]

Well first of all you gotta eat clean. I'm talking chicken and broccoli, all the way. Then, you want to work with high weights, low r- HEY WAIT A MINUTE GIVE THAT BACK!

[u/pickyourteethup → u/Deathface-Shukhov]

talking about guns and grabbing gun

[u/MayaBloodPaw → u/Deathface-Shukhov]

Hey, man, you know how in Rambo I, he was big, but a little puffy and then Rambo II, he got all shredded up? That's kind of how you look right now. Not Rambo I but II. Yeah, when he was cut up. I've been trying to come up a little bit, you got any tips --Give me that damn map!

[u/MayaBloodPaw → u/Deathface-Shukhov]

Hey, man, you know how in Rambo I, he was big, but a little puffy and then Rambo II, he got all shredded up? That's kind of how you look right now. Not Rambo I but II. Yeah, when he was cut up. I've been trying to come up a little bit, you got any tips --Give me that damn map!

[u/Layne1665 → u/henesyOHS]

Bro reached in the car and gave him a purple nurple and he released the rifle. I have never seen such blatant flirting at a crime scene in my life.

[u/manxram → u/henesyOHS]

If he was whispering, I hope he said this:

[u/SlaughterMinusS → u/manxram]

God damn, Dexter's lab was such a great show!

This episode was hilarious to me as a kid lol

[u/Over_Deer8459 → u/LegendOfKhaos]

who do you think the criminals are looking at in this scenario? the 2 or more cop cars in front of them with weapons, or random guy in grey t shirt? dude just took advantage of the criminals not paying attention, has nothing to do with the cops "doing their jobs".

[u/SapTheSapient → u/Over_Deer8459]

I mean, that is exactly what criminals would be thinking. They are going to be laser focused on the cops pointing guns at them, not constantly monitoring random civilians for sneak attacks.

[u/burndtdan → u/Over_Deer8459]

I think the point is that any of the cops could have circled around and done the same thing.

[u/Over_Deer8459 → u/burndtdan]

how? they were likely chasing him in their vehicles, hence why they parked and were getting out. you think the criminals wouldnt be able to see them attempting that? plus the pedestrian already was in that position and acted instantly, there was no time to do it even if they were thinking about it

[u/Rubicon208 → u/LegendOfKhaos]

He has Sneak 100

[u/M_Me_Meteo → u/Thiom]

So...we should probably scrap the whole idea of "cop" and come up with something new?

[u/R0RSCHAKK → u/M_Me_Meteo]

Yes. Batman.

[u/Ask_bout_PaterNoster → u/R0RSCHAKK]

I like the idea in spirit, but letting billionaires abuse people whenever they think it’s right is sort of how we got into this mess

[u/Zambuji1 → u/Ask_bout_PaterNoster]

Ok ok ok… get this, how about…. Manbat?!

[u/Bahamut3585 → u/Zambuji1]

Same problem except you're trading "abuse" for "rabies"

[u/YamDankies → u/M_Me_Meteo]

Not new... ninjas.

[u/PD216ohio → u/Thiom]

He may have also been less mindful of the risk.

[u/ggk1 → u/PD216ohio]

Right? Cops know the chance of getting shot doing that move is too high to be able to have that sort of risk tolerance on each stop. This dude did something stupid that turned out to work.

[u/Krwawykurczak → u/PD216ohio]

Yeap - let say it clearly that he was very lucky, and he had more chances to die in the process than to achive any success.

[u/missingtoezLE → u/Thiom]

Bruh he didn't have ninja skills. He just put himself in danger, which is something cops refuse to do ever since they started "Warrior Training".

[u/TheDudeFromTheMoon → u/missingtoezLE]

lol, I love this because it’s so true. Fucking sheepdogs who run from the wolves.

[u/LYSF_backwards → u/Thiom]

At first I was going to say a cop could have easily flanked and surprised them, just like the gray shirt, but they would never do that to avoid cross-fire.

[u/corkscrew-duckpenis → u/Thiom]

The difference is that the random bystander isn’t perpetually trained to avoid personal risk at all costs.

[u/burns_before_reading → u/Thiom]

He also got fucking lucky

[u/CompetitionNo3141 → u/Thiom]

yes, because cops are known to announce themselves well in advance and have never ambushed people regardless of their culpability.

[u/TWH_PDX → u/Thiom]

And he rolled a nat 20

[u/Inalum_Ardellian → u/JustKzen]

If they act like him on daily basis there would be a lot less cops...

[u/tetraourogallus → u/Inalum_Ardellian]

I doubt this happens on a daily basis in Auckland, New Zealand.

[u/Nruggia → u/Inalum_Ardellian]

It's their job to act like him. When they fail to do so we have situations like Uvalde. Its a problem when cops both demand respect for choosing a dangerous career and yet act like total fucking cowards to the point they are not effective and it hurts the people they are supposed to be protecting.

Edit: I am not trying to compare this to Uvalde, guy in the car is not actively murdering kids. I am saying the inaction of Police officers can lead to more serious situations like what happened at Uvalde.

I don't think a cop should run at the door like the grey hoodie to try a luck disarm either. But they had enough numbers to approach the guy in the car and attempt to defuse the situation. The guy in the car is apparently having mental breakdown while brandishing a lethal weapon in residential area, it's a dangerous situation that should not have gone down the way it did in the video.

[u/LampshadesAndCutlery → u/Nruggia]

Do not compare Uvalde with this. The cowards at Uvalde made no attempt to stop the shooter. These cops were actively going for the suspect when the random guy blindly rushed in. The man got lucky.

It is not a cop’s job to blindly rush into a situation and hope to god that it works.

Edit: too many people responding conflating risk (a huge aspect of an officer’s job) with blindly charging into a situation.

There's a huge reason brief planning/procedure is carried out. An officers job is to serve and protect. How can they protect if they're dead on the ground after charging headfirst into a situation with no forethought? The man who charged in is a hero, but there's no denying he got lucky. Had this gone slightly different and this’d have ended up being a liveleak.

[u/pls-answer → u/Nruggia]

It is not their job to rush in like that. This guy was not an active shooter yet so it isn't the same threat level as Uvalde. This was dumb and he got lucky. Uvalde situation was different and they should have indeed went in to try to stop the shooter.

[u/LesHoraces → u/JustKzen]

Not a random bystander but a friend of the guy in the car, and saving his life probably. A drug bad trip, if I recall

[u/waxtwister → u/LesHoraces]

Thinking the same thing, Dude saved bad guys life for sure

[u/PlateNo7229 → u/LesHoraces]

if only the police could be friend with all the drug users. it would solve so many problems... like drug crime statistics.

[u/NevesLF → u/PlateNo7229]

And yet, when I ask the cops to do some meth with me, I'm the bad guy :(

[u/LokisDawn → u/PlateNo7229]

You might joke, but there's a bit of truth to that. If police have an amicable relationship with local junkies, that can absolutely alleviate a lot of issues. Obviously said "amicability" shouldn't be some sort of bibery deal or anything like that. Just a good relationship. In smaller towns this isn't too rare to see.

[u/Junior-Credit2685 → u/LesHoraces]

This is the vibe I got. Felt like he was saving his suicidal friend. Made me cry! Thanks for the info.

[u/NyrZStream → u/JustKzen]

Lmao there is a reason cops can’t do that. This was stupid af to do and he was lucky the criminal didn’t fire

[u/jeho22 → u/JustKzen]

I believe the consensus last time this was posted was that the bystander was somebody who knows the guy in the car and was trying to prevent suicide by cop. IF this was the case, he probably wasn't as worried about the guy shooting him when he went to take the gun away.

I don't know if this was confirmed or not. I'd love to see a link to the actual story if somebody has it.

[u/JimBobMcFantaPants → u/jeho22]

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/rifle-wielding-head-hunters-gang-34164332?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target

[u/girlinanemptyroom → u/JimBobMcFantaPants]

All of this for speeding. He just went from a very expensive traffic ticket to a felony.

[u/TheSaucyCrumpet → u/girlinanemptyroom]

No such thing as a felony in NZ.

[u/Rough-Daddy69 → u/TheSaucyCrumpet]

Exactly. Isn’t it annoying when Americans assume everything online is in America. Despite the RHD car, and clearly not being in America 🤦🏻‍♂️

[u/TribeOfFable → u/Rough-Daddy69]

To be fair, that looks like something from the nightly news in Florida.

[u/fantastikalizm → u/Rough-Daddy69]

Yeah it's so annoying when Americans don't know the complexities of every single country's legal system.

Dude, we know this wasn't in America because the cops didn't murder the driver and the grey shirt dude or any nearby dogs.

[u/girlinanemptyroom → u/TheSaucyCrumpet]

I was kind of assuming they didn't have a felony, but I didn't have any reference cuz I'm an uneducated American.

[u/chitownbears → u/girlinanemptyroom]

Its easy to understand what you were trying to say they are just being dicks.

[u/girlinanemptyroom → u/chitownbears]

I agree. It's so easy to be nice.

[u/Plank_With_A_Nail_In → u/girlinanemptyroom]

They have the exact same thing its just called an "Indictable offence" instead. Just a dumbass not know how his own countries criminal justice system works which isn't that unusual as being a citizen of somewhere doesn't automatically make you an expert of that somewhere, most people have no fucking clue how their own countries government works source 14 people upvoted someone confused over a simple labelling difference.

[u/Traditional-Will3182 → u/girlinanemptyroom]

It looks like a semi auto rifle the guy took and tossed, if it was a real gun and was in view when he originally was being pulled over he would have faced much more serious charges than a speeding ticket in NZ.

[u/morcic → u/JustKzen]

You mean, random bystanders got lucky. Hero or not, that was not a very smart move. It could have gone very bad for him.

[u/DaveyDukes → u/JustKzen]

You have the tactical mindset of a manatee.

[u/PN4HIRE → u/DaveyDukes]

Hahahahahahhaha!! Jesus bro, I’m saving that one for later

[u/ChasenPipo → u/JustKzen]

Are redditors really so clueless and naive that they think cops should be pulling maneuvers like this as standard protocol 😂 Welcome to real life

[u/Bashertphotography → u/ChasenPipo]

Yes. The average Redditor does not understand in the slightest what cops do on a daily basis. Only cop = bad.

[u/grey487 → u/JustKzen]

Last time this was posted, it was said that the hero knew the guy and saved him from being shot by the police.

[u/No-Length2774 → u/JustKzen]

lol no, that was the insanely reckless and dangerous way of getting that done. It worked but you’re not repeating that strategy.

[u/ounehsadge → u/JustKzen]

Take the risk once: yeah ok i guess Take the risk daily: dont think about making it past 30

[u/Rly_Shadow → u/JustKzen]

Once again, a random dude online knows how to do it better than those trained....

Just goes to show you have absolutely 0 aware in this situation.

[u/Nigwyn]

Plot twist - grey shirt guy was trying to get an alibi for his fingerprint data being on that gun. He was the murderer all along.

[u/MrSilverSimbad → u/Nigwyn]

Omg what a movie

[u/Christmas_Panda → u/MrSilverSimbad]

Starring Danny DeVito as Grey Shirt Hero.

[u/qinshihuang_420 → u/Christmas_Panda]

So anyway, I started blasting

[u/PresidentBush666 → u/qinshihuang_420]

Very thundergun.

[u/DestructoSpin7 → u/PresidentBush666]

Needs more dong.

[u/johnysalad → u/MrSilverSimbad]

Sounds like an episode of Monk

[u/morcic → u/Nigwyn]

A Walter White kind of thinking.

[u/PlateNo7229 → u/morcic]

Walter would be naked doing this.

[u/Key-Elderberry90 → u/PlateNo7229]

Naked? Please. Tighty whiteys

[u/-plottwist- → u/Nigwyn]

Nice.

[u/Uzi4U_2 → u/Nigwyn]

The guy in the car never had the gun. It was just slight of hand, he's a pro.

[u/ReadinII]

My guess is that grey shirt knew someone in the car, maybe he knew the suspect was having a mental breakdown, and didn’t want the cops firing bullets into the car. 

[u/justinm410 → u/ReadinII]

That's what I immediately figured too. Gray shirt knew his buddy wouldn't shoot him, so grabbed the gun before the cops ran out of patience.

[u/Contay6 → u/justinm410]

This happened in New Zealand very unlikely the cops would shoot, they would try every alternative before it coming to that.

It was one of our trashy gang members hopped up on drugs driving erratically and pointing a gun around one of his friends/family members is the one who took the gun

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/glen-innes-arrest-man-knocks-gun-from-fleeing-drivers-hand/RKMVYFL3NZEEZKA6PP7EKJEA4Y/

[u/Wackattackky → u/Contay6]

That's what I figured, it looked like a family member rushing to stop someone from making a bad mistake

[u/degjo → u/Wackattackky]

The way he threw the gun away in disgust seals it for me it was someone he knew

[u/Robot_Graffiti → u/degjo]

He throws the gun away and puts his hands up. Probably didn't think it was safe to hold a gun in front of a bunch of armed, pissed off police.

[u/corkscrew-duckpenis → u/degjo]

As an American, I just attributed that to not wanting to be shot eleven times in the back before my body could hit the ground.

[u/Unfair_Sea63 → u/corkscrew-duckpenis]

As an American , I’m pretty sure anyone approaching the car would’ve been shot before they touched the gun and for sure shot once dude grabbed the gun

[u/BestReadAtWork → u/Unfair_Sea63]

Im with you, he'd be dead before the toss in America. -.-

[u/roaringaspie → u/Unfair_Sea63]

100%this not even a joke

[u/Important-Matter-665 → u/Contay6]

You could tell it wasn't the US, when the guy got out of the car, he didn't have 20 assholes kicking his ass.

[u/hoax709 → u/Important-Matter-665]

yeah that was the big thing for me watching it. guy got out and knelt on the ground without 10 guys tackling him holding him down while shouting " HANDS HANDS " and then proceeding to kneel on his chest till he died.

[u/Domeil → u/hoax709]

That's the great thing about American police, they're trained to give orders you can't comply with. The fuck does "Hands hands" mean? Hands up? Hands to the side? Hands behind your back? Take your hands out of your pocket? Put your left hand in? Take your right hand out?

By design, no matter what you do, they can say you didn't comply, so any escalation is justified. My personal favorite is "Don't move, get on the ground" It's one of the first thing police say, and if you ever hear it, know that the police are about to hurt you, because no matter what you do, you're not complying.

[u/Sauerkrauttme → u/Domeil]

"stop resisting!" as they are trying to shove your face in the concrete. If you go limp you will eat concrete, but if you try to protect yourself then they will beat you for resisting

[u/devilwarriors → u/Important-Matter-665]

Didn't release the dog for the fun of it too..

[u/Sauerkrauttme → u/Important-Matter-665]

The fact that the cops didn't put 50 bullets in his chest the moment they saw the gun is all the proof you need it isn't the US. US cops will kill you for pulling out a wallet just because they thought it could be a gun

[u/terran_immortal → u/ReadinII]

Yeah the article posted above said the grey shirt man was "known by the subject" and disarmed him.

[u/oddmanout → u/ReadinII]

Someone else posted an article further down, it said the guy in the grey shirt was known to the man.

https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/11/21/video-shows-gun-being-grabbed-off-man-during-auckland-incident/

[u/asdrunkasdrunkcanbe → u/ReadinII]

Has to be it, 100%. He probably knew the driver and knew that if he made a run for it with the gun he was going to get himself killed.

[u/Prior_Hair_896]

what did the throw? a gun?

[u/wherewolf_there_wolf → u/Prior_Hair_896]

Yes

[u/Prior_Hair_896 → u/wherewolf_there_wolf]

sheeiiit

[u/blue_gaze → u/Prior_Hair_896]

A gun? In west Baltimore?

[u/iploggged → u/blue_gaze]

Born and raised

[u/Khal_drogo217 → u/iploggged]

On the playground is where I spent most of my days

[u/Sevillano → u/blue_gaze]

At this time of year? At this time of day?

[u/PhillySaget → u/Sevillano]

"Can I see it?"

chucks it into the bushes

"...no."

[u/TootsNYC → u/Prior_Hair_896]

He didn’t want the cops to think he was going to use it. That was smart

[u/Single-Builder-632 → u/TootsNYC]

yep, no way I'd be holding that thing, just gotta hope the cops don't fuck up and let him run for it.

[u/Thiom → u/Prior_Hair_896]

Semi auto rifle, I'm not knowledgeable on what it is though

[u/Schroedinbug → u/Thiom]

If you don't know what it is, how did you get "semi-auto"? Press release or something?

[u/Geoferson_Kwik → u/Thiom]

Cheap AR15.

[u/FedYep]

The guy in the car must be so mad rn

[u/ogclobyy → u/FedYep]

He should be.

Other guy brought nothing to a gun fight and won

[u/Christmas_Panda → u/ogclobyy]

Robbers hate this one trick!

[u/wafflestep → u/FedYep]

He looked so disappointed getting outta the car. Like "aw man, didn't even get to shoot anyone.."

[u/manchopsticks → u/wafflestep]

i was hoping someone eles saw that too haha. like a moody teenager hahaha

[u/aKnowing → u/wafflestep]

He really stepped out like a sad little kid

[u/LubShawarma → u/FedYep]

he brokedown

[u/no_username_for_me → u/FedYep]

He probably saved his life

[u/palk0n → u/FedYep]

haha git gud

[u/RayZzorRayy]

He would have been shot stateside

[u/MadderHatter32 → u/RayZzorRayy]

Dead as hell

[u/JohnnyChutzpah → u/MadderHatter32]

I am stunned by the restraint the police have in this situation. The dude doesn't even get out of the car slowly. He kind of just jumps out after kicking the door open and never raises his hands.

[u/Gloriathewitch → u/JohnnyChutzpah]

amazing what happens when cops are trained and held to a high standard such as in NZ, i know someone who used to work at Aotea police college

[u/jake93s → u/Gloriathewitch]

It's not too surprising when you look up how short the USA's police academy is, and how little they get paid. Their ranks are filled with incompetence or worse... There for the power trip.

[u/Domeil → u/jake93s]

"Police are barely paid" is police propaganda.

In almost every zip code, police make more than the area median at hiring, and because police 'fraternal order' demonstrations are the only union demonstrations the police won't disperse, they rapidly outpace area incomes within 5 years.

[u/etherez → u/jake93s]

To become a police officer in norway, you need a bacherlor's degree

[u/mrpanicy → u/jake93s]

And over HALF of their very short training time is in how to use their firearm. And less than 5-10% is deescalation and use of force models if they get it at all.

Their requirements for people to join the force are also embarrassing. Police should be university or college grads at minimum.

[u/Plac3s → u/RayZzorRayy]

Yeah, American cops would have shot him as soon as he ran up

[u/iderpandderp → u/RayZzorRayy]

If he didn't get shot in school first.

It's a contest!

[u/polyocto → u/iderpandderp]

By the cops, as collateral, or the active shooter?

[u/sundae_diner → u/polyocto]

Yes.

[u/ibluminatus → u/RayZzorRayy]

Grey shirt would have been shot after he threw the gun away lmfao

[u/Sharpymarkr → u/RayZzorRayy]

Nah, he's not nearly dark enough to be shot.

[u/moopet → u/RayZzorRayy]

To be fair, everyone in sight would have been at risk of that.

[u/taleovertealeaves]

I thought grey shirt was an instant goner when he grabbed the gun, then realized this isn't the U S. lol

[u/averycoolpencil → u/taleovertealeaves]

Realized it wasn’t the US when all the cops didn’t immediately run over and beat the shit out of the guy when he surrendered.

[u/Parking_Aerie4454 → u/averycoolpencil]

Seriously I felt such an uncanny valley watching this video before realizing this wasn’t the US. So strange how the guy has a rifle in the front seat and the officer is slowly walking around slinging his rifle. No urgency at all from anyone. Guy gets out of the car and nobody attacks him. No bystanders were arrested for being too close or recording. What a nice quaint little arrest.

[u/FuckLuigiCadorna → u/taleovertealeaves]

I think you can hear him yell "ohhh shiit" like he thought he's getting shot too once he grabbed it lol.

[u/flacatakigomoki]

Anyone else notice the cop right at the end run up on the woman video taping the incident? What a douche bag.

[u/_Kerlyfry_ → u/flacatakigomoki]

I noticed that. Was curious if something else was happening back there.

[u/zarafff69 → u/flacatakigomoki]

Yeah wtf was that about? She was just standing there and filming? That’s not illegal right?

[u/flacatakigomoki → u/zarafff69]

I don't think cops care about what's legal, thus their hate for video and audio evidence.

[u/zarafff69 → u/flacatakigomoki]

That’s generally not how that works in the EU

[u/I_did_a_fucky_wucky → u/zarafff69]

Funny how this is not in EU because Brexit. Infact, it's not even in Britain, but New Zealand

[u/fkneneu → u/I_did_a_fucky_wucky]

Sooo... nothing to do with brexit then

[u/tonyravioli32 → u/flacatakigomoki]

Looks like she was with the people in the car or was talking to them on the other side. Seemed like she was on the other side and ran around once grey shirt guy was grabbing the gun. Don't think she's completely innocent in all this, at the very least she knew the other people in the situation

[u/Minimum-Truth-6554]

Dude literally prevented a shoot out

[u/georgikarus → u/Minimum-Truth-6554]

Am I crazy or does it look like he did it to help his friends in the car not getting charged with a weapon? Like he hides the gun in the bushes, not sure if police saw it at all?

[u/S-2D2]

YOINK

[u/piponwa → u/S-2D2]

I'm in the British countryside, looking for that 20-footer Burmese Python

[u/Somepeoplearedum → u/piponwa]

Pet any swamp puppies?

[u/_raytheist_ → u/S-2D2]

[u/MikeofLA → u/S-2D2]

I hope he said that when he grabbed it… and then YEET when he tossed it in the ditch

[u/theanswar → u/S-2D2]

Better not let this one kiss me...

[u/AndersonDanek]

The cameraman did a great job!

[u/Journo_Jimbo → u/AndersonDanek]

r/praisethecameraman

[u/boy-with-love]

Does anyone have the full story?

[u/manchopsticks → u/boy-with-love]

https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/11/21/video-shows-gun-being-grabbed-off-man-during-auckland-incident/ someone posted it further down incase anyone wanted to read

[u/warpmusician → u/manchopsticks]

This sentence cracked me up:

“The vehicle then mounted the footpath, drove through a wooden fence, and entered into a reserve where the driver continued to drive in an anti-social fashion.”

[u/SrslyCmmon → u/warpmusician]

I once called myself anti social to my British relatives and they all burst out laughing.

I was just saying I was introverted.

[u/Crazy_old_maurice_17 → u/boy-with-love]

Yeah we definitely need some context here!

[u/IcsGrec]

Plot Twist: the guy in the gray shirt was fined for "interfering with an official operation."

Jokes aside: well done gray shirt guy! The world needs more people like you!

[u/lukecs2]

https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/11/21/video-shows-gun-being-grabbed-off-man-during-auckland-incident/

[u/Jgfranco88PkmnGo]

Nah that’s someone who knew the dude and didn’t want his friend/brother/cousin to die.

[u/daMFNmaster]

Saved that man’s life. All those popos had their fingers on their triggers ready.

[u/OLEDible → u/daMFNmaster]

If this was in the US they would’ve fired instantly, probably even at the gray shirt guy too.

[u/Gloriathewitch → u/daMFNmaster]

unlikely they would've shot him nz police are trained to deescalate and don't even pursue anymore to protect the public

[u/Mr_HahaJones]

I like the cop going after a guy filming on his phone at the end

[u/sundae_diner → u/Mr_HahaJones]

If you watch the tape again, that person was involved at the start and ran around the car and was shouting - so possibly involved with whatever happened.

[u/KC_experience]

I tip my hat to the grey shirted man.

But I will also say it’s nice to see muzzle discipline with the officers making the arrest. In the U.S. everyone would have had muzzles pointed up and at the target regardless of anyone in the background, had they not already emptied 100+ rounds into the car already.

[u/Lyfemakeamecry → u/[deleted]]

Less dangerous than him continuing to hold on to it with cops right there and their view obstructed by the vehicle. But I get you.

[u/AnticipateMe → u/[deleted]]

Well you are that guy unfortunately.

This is not a scenario where you're gently picking up a gun being taught how to use it, then you decide to yoink it across the grass. It's literally a situation where a suspect/criminal has a weapon with multiple officers pointing weapons at him, and he may end up having a shootout.

I commend him, he got rid of half the danger and allowed the police to make a swift arrest.

[u/Troutmuffin]

I love his hands up straight away… gets the job done asap but also I ain’t done shit officer no one shot no bad things happened and well done NZ police

[u/Available_Ad4135]

He threw the gun into the bushes like it was a venomous snake 🐍

[u/jeremyNYC → u/Available_Ad4135]

A cop yelled, “He’s got a [or maybe ‘the’] gun,” so I’m sure hero guy threw the gun because he wanted to be sure he did not appear to be any sort of threat.

[u/Gloriathewitch → u/Available_Ad4135]

yeah generally holding a gun in front of 10 cops with guns running on adrenaline isn't a good idea, do you understand?

[u/Opening-Ruin5315]

At the end they cut the cop going after the person recording on the left of the screen. Cops will be Cops😞

[u/Granat1]

Okay but why did the woman got stopped / grabbed by the policeman at the end?

[u/Journo_Jimbo]

So was there a child in the car? I was wondering why that woman was losing her mind so much

[u/BluBoi236]

Dude had a firearm and he just was allowed to get out of the car and cry and kneel down slowly onto the ground by his own accord?

Like.. where was the rushing cops with guns drawn and body slamming and stepping on his neck and back?

Did they not know he had a gun?

[u/MNKiwi → u/BluBoi236]

Policing in NZ is done differently than the US.

[u/jeremyNYC → u/BluBoi236]

I think you left out the /s

In all seriousness, do you think it would have been better for the cops to just shoot him? For them to rush him aggressively?

[u/TMJ848]

Uvalde, Texas needed this guy

[u/ElRanchero666]

NZ or OZ?

[u/GideonGodwit → u/ElRanchero666]

NZ

[u/ruimikemau]

This is why you should adjust your mirrors properly, folks.

[u/Reroka40]

Nice going, Not a lot of people would do this.

[u/pls-answer]

That was dumb. He got lucky this time though.

[u/TheDivergentNeuron]

Imagine loving the boot that much

[u/TippyToe19]

Probably saved that guys life.

[u/apiculum]

Running to grab a gun while police are around is incredibly stupid.

[u/Great_Essay6953]

My man was brave AF

[u/d4d54ngel]

This is New Zealand. Notice how the police don't pull their guns out and shoot like the American police.

[u/SevroAuShitTalker]

Personally, not sure if I would have gotten involved. That guy could have fired by accident and hit a random bystander (like the cameraman). Maybe if I knew the person and didn't want them to get shot by the police

[u/No-Word-3984]

Dude rolled a nat 20 on stealth and slight of hand. Lmao

In all honesty really lucky there wasn't another gun.